>>>>So does he also find an equal number of good restaurants that he praises on air?
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>>>I think an even better question - do any of the restaurants where he gives "tough love" ever get better? :)
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>>I don't believe, as does Mike, that this is not about him. Why does he need a TV show in order to go and ream out bad restaurants? This is about being a bully on air. It's about showing his prowess to the world.
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>If he's supposedly espousing "best practices" then there's no reason not to go for as wide an audience as possible i.e. get the "good word" out.
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>Compare him to someone like "Holmes on Homes" who is arguably doing a similar thing. Admittedly what Holmes is doing is more objective - there are building codes to follow, and if you do it right the roof doesn't leak and the drains don't back up. A lot of what Ramsay does is not easily measurable, and is subjective or touchy-feely - but those things are often what make or break a restaurant.

Well said.